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    PALMA CHRISTI

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropicsplay

    Synonyms:

    castor-oil plant; castor bean plant; palma christ; palma christi; Ricinus communis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("palma christi" is a kind of...):

    bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

    Meronyms (parts of "palma christi"):

    castor bean (the toxic seed of the castor-oil plant; source of castor oil)

    Holonyms ("palma christi" is a member of...):

    genus Ricinus; Ricinus (a genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant)

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